Purpose Of The Civil Rights Movement

The purpose of the Civil Rights Movement was to help give African Americans access to basic privileges and rights of U.S Citizenship. It was a massive movement that was influenced by certain events, and in the end came out to be successful despite the struggle they went through just to get there. It certainly wasn’t an easy time for African Americans during that time period, but they did whatever it took to get the freedom they deserved. Now, the Civil Rights Movement is one of the most important events in our history.
After the Civil War ended, an increase amount prejudice against African Americans occurred. States everywhere, but mostly in the South, passed laws to create segregation.(Rosmanitz) Those laws were known as Jim Crow laws. Despite the separation between the blacks and whites, they were definitely not equal yet. Public facilities that the African Americans used were very different from what the white people used, and not in a good way. The differences were obvious and still African Americans were being treated differently, like they were second class citizens.
An African American women from Alabama by the name Rosa Parks was going home after a long day at work, she rode the bus home and decide to sit in the front of the bus, and they weren’t allowed to during that time. She refused to give up her seat to a white man, which eventually led to her arrest. This started the Montgomery Bus Boycott, which was led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The Boycott lasted for 381 days, which is equivalent to over a year.(The King Center) He used nonviolent tactics to get across his message, which eventually did work with